The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-12-24
N III lad. M O. Mass. Total.
co.. soa o4e oas Sc sa4 4s ZOE ioo sss no aas
84. 38S, ,735l15o 422 6O723 SOL 1875 7h2 S51,8i3
u.s.. 4l9 SS3l1 552 go ,998| ls0,477 s84,029
l7e.. 440 738 1S8.147t 91858bO 472 002,851
s78. 480 2O7l lsO8 OF 1O3 034 8S ,832
NO 1865, 184l OH |1g5 M H. 14O53g

years succeeding 1860 the Republican
vote showed an uninterrupted growth.
This growth was naturally less in
1864, because Of the war, than in 1868,
and was again less in 1872 than in 1863,
because, after the October elections of
the former year had insured Greeley's
overwhelming defeat, the Republicans
were under no necessity of polling
full vote in November. But aside from
the two exceptional contests of 1864
and 1872, it is obvious that the Repub-
lican vote in these five States was in
creasing at the ratio of more than 100,.
600 every four years, the growth from
1872 to 1876 being 107, 181, and from
1876 to 1880, 13O,707. Each State
showed remarkable steadiness in
growth. New York increased her Re-
publican vote from 1872 to 1876 by 49,
), 469. and from 1876 to 1880 by 66, 337;
\ Indiana by 21,864 in the first period
and "a, 153 In the second; New Jersey,
by II. 881 and 17,O38; Connecticut, by
8, 8,396xnd-6:O37; and Massachusetts, by
1881 and Is, 142.
Beginning with the campaign which
resulted in Lincoln's election. down to
and including that in which Garfield
was tho successful nominee, the Re-
publican party had appealed to the
country with honest candidates upon
a pla tform of sound principles. The
result was q steady and rapid growth
in its numbers, averaging from ten to
fifteen per cent. every four years in
States like those we have cited, where
large proportion of the voters are
not held fast by party bonds. If the
campaign of 1884 had been made upon
the same basis as previous ones, the
Republican vote might have shown q.
marked gain I'm each of these States
and aggregated at least 1,250, 900.
But new policy was adopted. A
tainted candidate was selected who, it
was known and conceded, would re-
pei many old voters who had supported
Lincoln, Grant. Hayes and Garfield, as
well as many young voters whose edu-
cation and environment inclined
them to support Republican nominee
of the old type; but who. it was
claimed, could poll vast number of
and fantastic elements of the Democrat
&c party. He did draw those votes. His
friends assert, and his opponents do
not question, that he received 10000
Irish Democratic votes in New York
City and many thousands more in
Brooklyn and other large cities of this
State, not to speak of many thousands
I.inore in New Jersey. Connecticut,
Massachusetts and Indiana. But where
did the gain of these tens of thousands
of Democratic votes, which Garfield
had not secured. put Blainep In New
York State Garfield had polled sc, ,S37
votes more than Hayes, and secured
2l,O33 plurality; Blaine polled only
6.457 more than Garfield, and was
beaten by 1,047 plurality. In Indiana
Garfield had polled "a, 1853 votes more
than Hayes, and secured 6. GAP plurality.
Blaine polled only 6.299 more than
Garfield, and was beaten by 6,527
!! plurality. In New Jersey Garfield
had polled 1908 votes more than
!, Hayes, and reduced the Democratic
plurality to only 2.010; Blaine polled
only 2,811 more than Garfield. and
allowed the Democratic plurality to
rise to 4, Alp. In Connecticut Garfield
had polled S,037 votes more than
Hayes. and secured 1856 plurality;
Blaine reduced the Republican vote
from 67,071 to 65, 923. and was beaten
by 1926 plurality. In Massachusetts
Garfield had polled Is, votes more
than Hayes, and secured 5S. 245 plural
ity, with a clear majority over all OF
1898; Blaine reduced the Republican
vote from 165, ,205 to 146,724, and had
only 24.372 plurality, while he fell
1884 short of any majority at all.
Thus in three of the five States Blaine
had gained only trife over Garfield,
and in the other two had actually lost,
80 that the aggregate Republican vote
in them, which normal growth should
have carried up to at least 1,250, ,OOC
in 1884. was only 1.1S6. Az, against l..
140, $50 in 1880. Such figures rs these
draw their own moral. y Evening
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